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Lauri Kennedy

He made his mark in the US in the 1920s, where he became principal cellist with the New York Philharmonic at the personal invitation of Arturo Toscanini.

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His wife Dorothy Kennedy (née McBride) was a pianist who also accompanied John McCormack and taught the children of Enrico Caruso.

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Irvine Robert Laurie Kennedy (he used Laurie, later dropping the final 'e') was born in Randwick, a suburb of Sydney, to an English-born father and native-born mother.

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